When philosophy paints its grey in grey, one form of life has become old, and by means of grey it cannot be rejuvenated, but only known. The owl of Minerva, takes its flight only when the shades of night are gathering. —Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Owl bird of wisdom, in the twilight of civilization began to take off.

About

"Take Off" is a digital animation NFT with a release number of 524. It is created based on Sun Yitian's diptych "Flying at Dusk". The image of the owl is generated according to the artistic creation model. Combined with the binding of data actions, a unique story is generated and permanently stored on the blockchain. The creation is inspired by the owl of Minerva, the goddess of wisdom in Roman mythology, which is a symbol of thought and reason. The white owls only appear at night, and the black owls only appear during the day. They chase each other, but never meet each other because of the reversal of time. The black and white owls seem to be two independent individuals, but in a certain sense, one is a clone of the other, and at a certain moment, a metaphor of identity begins. In the process of Owl's philosophical speculation, meaningless data will also be built into a new ideology with the artist's algorithm.

Artist Introduction

Sun Yitian (b. 1991 in Zhejiang, China) graduated from the painting department of China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (CAFA) in 2015 and earned her Masters at the same academy in 2018. She now lives and works in Beijing. Her practice spans painting, installation, performance, and fashion. Her practice employs material objects as metaphors of labor and production to reveal the inner mechanisms of our hyper-consumerist, patriarchal society. Sun was selected in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Class of 2019. Her works have been exhibited at BANK Gallery, Mine Projects Shanghai, Almine Rech, as well as Frieze London and FIAC, Paris and major organizations such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Lion Palace, Berlin; Macao Museum of Art, etc. Her works are also in the prestigious collections of Longlati Foundation, Shanghai; X Museum, Beijing; MWOODS, Beijing, YUZ Museum, Shanghai, SiFang Museum, Nanjing, Xiao Museum, Rizhao, By Art Matters, Hangzhou and White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney etc.

Roadmap

Take Off is not only an NFT project, but also a part of a story-driven and art-based NFT plan created by BCA Labs in collaboration with artists contracted by BCA Gallery.

• Phase 1
  • Phase 1 of Take Off NFT will hold the first public exhibition at Art Basel Hong Kong in association with BANK Gallery.
  • Before the opening of the public sale, there will be a lottery airdrop for users who hold 4 or more BCA Labs P01NTs, with a total of 100.
• • Sun Yitian NFT holders, Sun Yitian original artwork collectors and P01NT holders are entitled to whitelist mint rights.
• Phase 2
  • Take Off Phase 1 NFT holders have exclusive Phase 2 NFT rights and benefits.
  • Take Off Phase 1 NFT holders will become members of the BCA Labs OG community to enjoy subsequent benefits, including whitelist, airdrop, and other incentives.
  • Take Off NFTs will be stored in a “time capsule” and rocketed to outer space, where they will live forever in the universe.
• Phase 3
  • Take Off will enter the meta-universe space for community activities based on pop-up exhibition, etc.
  • Take Off NFTs will participate in a series of offline events hosted by BCA Labs, with the possibility of a physical artwork sale program.
  • BCA Labs will put community first and continue to build and serve the community and its holders. We will invite artists and curators for community events to create an NFT community, which regards art as its DNA.

FAQ

• What are Take Off NFT Phase 1 and Phase 2?
  • Take Off NFT Phase 1 highlights its artistic features, with a limited edition of 524 pieces. While Phase 2 will be released as a series of PFP-like NFTs, with each NFT having its own attributes and scarcity. Phase 1 holders will unlock exclusive benefits for Phase 2 NFT, which will not be limited to NFT airdrop benefits.
• How can I participate in the pre-sale?
  • Sun Yitian NFT holders, Sun Yitian original artwork collectors and P01NT holders are entitled to whitelist mint rights. At the same time, we will open up a portion of the whitelist to the BCA Labs community and other co-operative communities. Please follow the community channels to get whitelist/ event information.
• What is the price of the mint?
  • The whitelist mint price is 0.08 ETH; the public sale price is 0.2 ETH.
• What contracts will Take Off use?
  Phase 1 of the Take Off NFT will use the ERC1155 contract.
• Why should we buy Take Off NFT? NFT provides an opportunity for artists to share their artworks with the world, giving everyone the opportunity to collect their favorite artists' works. It also provides an opportunity for users to interact with each other through a community. BCA Labs, as the incubator of NFT, will work with more art institutions and artists. As the community is built up, early adopters will receive exclusive rights and benefits.

Deep eyes wandering, piercing the reality of the maze’s barrier, seeing numerous appearances, no way to know the hidden heart. Owls take off at dusk and see the trace of everything that has happened during the day, all the tracks of birds flying over, the trails of mountains and rivers, the glimpses of islands circling, the soar- ing reflections of water. All objects are visible in the light and observed in the dark. They are static, dynamic, multi-layered, fictitious and artificial. Wherever they go they stop; wherever they go they are scenery.

TAKE OFF, AND FLY TO THE MOON!